Carrick Roads
Carrick Roads is the estuary of the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall in England. It joins the English Channel at its southern end near Falmouth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mawes Castle and St Mawes’ Church, St Mawes.
St Mawes Castle
Castle
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St Mawes Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Falmouth, Cornwall, between 1540 and 1542. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Carrick Roads waterway at the mouth of the River Fal.
St Mawes’ Church, St Mawes
Church
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St Mawes’ Church is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro in St Mawes, Cornwall, England, UK.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Mawes and Mylor Churchtown.
St Mawes
Village
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St Mawes is a village on the end of the Roseland Peninsula, in the eastern side of Falmouth harbour, on the south coast of Cornwall, England. The village, formerly two separate hamlets, lies on the east bank of the Carrick Roads, a large waterway created after the Ice Age from an ancient valley which flooded as the melt waters caused the sea level to rise.
Mylor Churchtown
Village
Mylor Churchtown is a coastal village in Cornwall, England. It is the church town of the ecclesiastical parish of Mylor and is situated at the mouth of Mylor Creek, approximately three miles north of Falmouth.
Percuil
Hamlet
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Percuil is a hamlet in Roseland, Cornwall, England. Percuil is on the east bank of the Percuil River and south-west of Gerrans.
Carrick Roads
- Type: Inlet
- Description: estuary in Cornwall, England, UK
- Categories: estuary, harbor, roadstead, ria, and body of water
- Location: Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Carrick Roads” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Carrick arrada”
- Cornish: “Dowr Karrek”
- Cornish: “Morlynn an Garrek”
- Dutch: “Carrick Roads”
- French: “Carrick Roads”
- German: “Carrick Roads”
- Polish: “Carrick Roads”
- Spanish: “Carrick Roads”
- Welsh: “Morlynn an Garrek”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Saint Just in Roseland and Trelew.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Windmill Hill and Castle Cove.
Cornwall: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Truro, Penzance, Falmouth, and Land’s End.
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